Trypanosoma cruzi: Molecular characterization of an RNA binding protein differentially expressed in the parasite life cycle

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-105

  Pérez Díaz, Leticia ^a   Duhagon, María Ana ^a   Smircich, Pablo ^a   Sotelo Silveira, José ^a,c   Robello, Carlos ^d   Krieger, Marco Aurelio ^b   Goldenberg, Samuel ^b   Williams, Noreen ^e   Dallagiovanna, Bruno ^b   Garat, Beatriz ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^b Instituto de Biologia Molecular do Parana   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutathione S transferase; GST; Kinetoplastida; RBP; RNA binding proteins; RNA recognition motif; RRM; RRM protein; SL; spliced leader; TcRBP19; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRAIT; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA BINDING; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLY C; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

KINETOPLASTIDA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 34547204593     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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